Americans Welcome Afghan Refugees with Donated Supplies, Compassion

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Americans Welcome Afghan Refugees with Donated Supplies, Compassion
By News and Guts


Last weekend, two groups of people arrived at Northern Virginia Community College: Afghan refugees recently airlifted out of Kabul, and locals who wanted to help them resettle in America.

“By [Saturday] morning, dozens of volunteers had assembled at the Annandale campus,” reports The Washington Post. “And by noon, the piles of donations had grown so high that volunteers had to turn some away.”

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Many of the do-gooders were members of the local Afghan community. More from The Post:

Many of those who came with donations or to offer help were there because they knew what the new arrivals were going through: They, too, had family fleeing Kabul.

“We just want to share their pain,” said one man, Nasrul, who gave only his first name because his siblings’ lives are still in danger in Afghanistan. “We are not in Afghanistan, but we are in sorrow.”

The refugees were given places to sleep across campus. The college said they’d be transitory visitors; the U.S. government is set to ferry them to different military bases across the country. From there, permanent resettlement will be sorted out.

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